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ree Ev ALT World Daily Magazine, Tuesday. April 6. 1915 'Torpedoed! « xabeh « By Robert Minor | __A Story of Jungle and Prise Ring Author of “TARZAN OF THE APES,” be. the Ayia Caneas, epere, and + Ast Cnmgtng 4 the posted Che +e the deem end erashing over the bling after him and closing q warhoerd bew Gl) « Geter ang & tore, /ar! 8 another weve thal rome Gheve the bellowing of the Maelfinoen Room The ere @ es cone lous and fie the worse for hie though bediy bruised Me the mueker in cotentaneneet faced ome 1 4e wot know —* fj ae @rgong ty Park A Mey Oe errors OF Pee leo Oharreme mo jing © hurtied @ . Simne rushed beck ond re orders that (here were of [ - t Just ineronit 0. the that arty Divine, lifelong wee the inetigetor ef the ie “TS that had bi state ening om hie CHAPTER IV. bad er bel Nendtul of mam oF" “ ~ ed te eben the eet 5 Conflicting Stories, janet sions te npied 4 he wreckage, he jageed butl of the fallen op jmanl was dashing againat the ship's euch Yielout blows that it 4 but a matter « be fora it would stave @ With the OF weeks the Halfmoon kept Tecommised him as the brute who had steadily on her course, @ ge Hittle seuth of weet, The was no material change in the relations of those deo was ber fooling of contempt ov this man that the sudden awe! Hilly wee peeved high, himself. aboard ber iy nd from hi rising to Theriere, for his Barbara Harding, finding herself man's ‘scowl od om seri Groportions on ee Wreag. sions Pon since id | onte vall 0! r - He took @ threat . man he | Seaperanios, Aunty nueedes to the to CNET: Oe # threatening sep The trait makeshift, which at beat cowardly bully. He was eo peated pleas of Mr. Divine, to whowe toma! Wot's dat?’ he growled. “Don't fevestons fo Weer Sysee 6 it 28 noclety had been driven ty lone~ get gay wit me, or Ill black dem be could the age Ny BS Hinews ond fear, and appeared on deck lamps for yeh." and be rained « heavy era's troumh, oqeed ot sevens for frequentiy during the daylight fst to strike her. oy fe of pro- mycker's a . whic hon, be long amon) suspense pre- dropped, he now t ceding the inevitable end mr the man ae @ true noon, came face CHAPTER V. That nothing could save them wae . herlere for the first vat eet the second offeers firm belief, nor three days the WMalfmecon yduction, ‘The officer A Private Meeting. but the HME MUCKER had looked to was he ab in bh c iT Not the “Ba Only imma and Ward, but every ens rine surface ‘ot the mad sem Mo y noed sailor on the mhip, felt twat inere look of expectant recog gee the girl cower before life of the Haltmoon was bow but the fetntent ai ras nition with a cold, blank stare that bin threatened biow—that ter of hours, possibly minutes, the ship would ou passed through and beyond him as would have been ample though he had been empty air, “Mile. Hardin he suid respect- ppt ghee heas Me noat td fully, “1 cannot blame you for the ®"4 Would have appealed greatly to feeling of distrust which you must his Kelly-Gang sense of humor, thone of lesser experience war: uring the third night cative that Sach suece H aia as down, and by ‘ae the uMoiwntly the lives “ot ‘the veasel ‘and ber com- pate forthe men of the have toward but in justice Ly ime bad ce venture pen a nh cht istics Many a time threatened The deck, washed now almost con- There they fow UJ mm, Se aneute Hear me before women thus, for the ke@h enjoyment tinuously by hurtling tons of storm. clean awept ‘stem to ic t imagine,” she returned of hearing thelr ecreame of frighy and wal as One® mountainous wave the north them wae land hat defense you can have, been utterly deceived by *,” said Theriere, hastens seeing them turn and flee in terror. league or two, vermape. had When they had held their ground and 1D avorm continued ne With ey, the men were at- they would have been Sasnea - > tempting to got below betagon waves. the coast, ing to luke advantage of the ¢acit per- Opposed him, as some upon the west < van men would have gives. tninsion to cxplain’ whieh ber reply aide had felt auMcientty muscular to bet fia ot getline ad were’ wneciat ter x ata fe contal “I was made to under- o| @tand that 1t was al to be one practi. 2% the mucker had not hesitated to ck of howling, cursing, bi hena. netand, § Figtien beaste, fighting at the hatohen death "ramaved they with those who wenn have held them closed aaiae tue the danger id font m eal joke which Mr, Divine waa to “hand them on play upon his old friends, the Hard- ‘Thus only might # man uphold his nes, and thelr guests, Jntil they fay wrecked und deserted the Lotus in Neh ee bss cand mild-oceau 1 had no idea that any- °f Grand Avenue. thing else was contemplated, al- He had expected this girl of the though | felt that the matter, even eff and effemigate upper ciass to fore that event, had been carried swoon with terror before him: but, to atl the lass, aad naw Be 5 his intense astonishment, she but tine is every faculty in the effort continued, stood erect and brave before him, her ‘Theriere to his cabin and Mr. Ward there, an‘ bition imitations tpopent that you would understand way we may defeat him much more t before you sailed you wished ead high held, Ger eves cold and was fetching the brandy. A moment of men ain » nerve to KO Twas but taking advantage of easily than if you followed your ‘0 save ae many of fhe men as ntage. toting epen the that something really exciting and ad- jevel, and unafi {atee Barbera Harding ME EM GRIDc. Utiak hiss RS! sible without losing the ship in do- Billy sree, aittiog Ay red 4 nee tO MaKe It plain to Mile, natural inclinations and refused to Neaturous would come—that you were per return to the upper deck with a — “He's Jing that there could be nothing bold communication of any sort with '@ tt of the galley safety below deck. Thert the officers had remained on #4 ax. r gun, sin” spoke up tired of the humdrum of twentieth- Only between waves waa the an- Blanco, lg i a two revolvers, Wilson, “a d knows he be the er than hatred between us. him 4 * ‘were } Raa ary exlasehne Chas you reare nee lors whom he had detailed ono as ‘ud be on'y too glad for a “It | had thought that you really “It might bo well, Miss Harding, trance to the main cabina negotiable. of the ship's oompany, | the charming piracy and the vanish- to keep Byrne below were gathered chanct to use it.” intended hitting me you would have even to encourage him in the hope Yor nyonea a entirely afte after | \ had with during the disembarkation ing of romance from the seas, not understand. i about the hatchway leading to the“ it T can't handle him, been a dead man before your fist that you will wed him voluntarily. 1 4imowmey ing the sight of land Bad rendered not tm- § r. Divine, they told me, was ® feared this slender girl? forecastle, Some of them were ex- ere to Skipper Simins, reached me, my friend. You took me think that would throw him cotitely ; 4 robable, very wealthy young man to Whom you and at thi juncture, whem the changing profano and pleasant badl- want tw lowe any men if entirely by’ aurpriso; but that ts all of ha guard and, pave the way for Fetreat of threo ot the crew to'that Legal im boride Rai why eet gee threat of his attitude was the most nage with the prisoner. we can help tt’ ja the past—1 am willing to forget your early release,” part of the . wii wallowed heavily in, the & Be irkable joke we were @Pparent, Second Officer Therlere “yeh better come up an’ get killed Tho skipper welcomed this unex- and help you out of your difficulties, — "Ob, 1 doubt tf L could do that, Mr. . The mu the nea, but, even so, Barbara ou when the seas threatened, It wan wearled wim anys by peuteemens 2 punposed to play, tsaw'no harm in Cne Upon the scene. easy like,” one called down to the pected rescue from the predicament Then we can continue with our work Thertere,” exclaimed the girt as the, letter beat. back bo ‘taking part in it, expec jally as I knew At a glance he took In the situa- mucker. “We're apt to muss yeh he had placed himaelf, as though nothing had . cannot imagine how | loathe the man, the kind, ‘her stuffy now that I know him In his true Mover nada faced seat i in the above deck anne a breath of ewest ich in whic att tion, and with a bound had sprung wp down there in thi ro W mplish the What do you say?” to w p dark wit hothing of the supposititious purpose between Billy Byrne and Barbar@ here axes and crowbar: » of the mutinous sailor he = “1 didn't know colors, For years he has importuned he Clean air. Baits Fest ens there nee. erdiae, ae Ged sah bose vor bon could not guess, nor did ho care #0 replied the mucker, me to marry him, and though [ never fa a a Mo ehen ‘ne. Boarce had she 0 emerged from below Bean jed io believe that it wae Dut © wine TOE ee enle man oala te yee, won't know her little boy at all! jong ax it was done without risk fo have hit yeh. Yeh acted like yeh eared fof him in that way at all and unbrid nature to do his than Thorlere espied her and hastened try bis own shin meant it.” vould, T felt that he was a very pleasure trip to the South Pacific os oy “Yeh come on down here : oe he ghastly bidding. to her de. that Mr. Divine intended, he offered you harm?’ mugsin’ me up." yelled back Billy “Now, if you'll go away, air” sald “Very well, that is understood,” dq and that his constancy "tne mucker sw the rough, brawl- “weltt Miss Harding.” be o> ‘ou ‘see, mademoiselle, that T 4.140 not think that he would have Byrne, “1 can lick de whole gang wit Theriore, “and order the men away, said Theriers, "Now, will you come “demanded ome return on my Part ing Bullies of the foreoantio reduced glaimed, “it Iv good to see you om have been as badly. deceived as you, dared atrike mo,” replied the girl one han’ tied beni’ me—eec?’ I'll see what 1 can do." ont if [ arrange with the captain ao MY friendship and sympathy at leona. to whito-faced, gibboring cowards, deck again, I cannot tell you bow AWA you not permit that T atone for inthe coward who murdered peor dee, _ "DS si Skipper Simms did as Theriere had that you shail not get more than a NOW Cehiver whenever he in nen clawing and fighting to climb over sorry T have felt for you. eoeped Mp ror by being your fe 1 is the coward who murdered peor Mr, the officer day or 80 in in He must give Just as T would were I to find menake $ne another toward tho lesser danger wlone in your cabin w' Mallory upon the Lotus, He might @ts, Billy, cried Bony Sawyer. “Yeh requested, so that presentl, an? re you that, gol Will Heed. one stoop (o anything after that.” better come up an’ stan’ trial if he stood alone beside the hi PY something to save his own face; Colled close beside me, T cannot ablde of in cabins, while the mate fought woman for companionship, tre: hy “A ‘ ater a $ every ts hery.” 5 It expe- thove frightful day of J ne this shiplodd of s drels, M gives yeh the chanct.' cross the deck, amidships, the UCT promise that you shall get your Ff them off, except as he found pe: Whom ain I to believe?” oried the ee turned angrily upon F'igtan’ nothin" sneered Billy, men had congregated to watch Ther. (004 regularly and Unat you shall not Theviere sine ndamolselie.” | aareed dient to ‘let thom pase him, he slone yes orere BANS A. Pirl, | UMr, Divine aswures me that he. “Go below!" he shouted. “T'll at- ehrell chanct Td, have wit’ him an’ tere's opnrations, while beyond them Blogs ibe Mg AR Ay wore before vcthing but your contempt though ore eee il as one apart from the ® blow. We were very tuo, has been forced into this % uint-Hye holdin’ court over me. Not @tou Harding, held fasct- ye a P ' yrna atoo h id hut’ by threats of death rather than fend to you lator, Te Miss Harding Salyer Ute desoy, Ven hater ent has fated by the arian tragedy that wan NOt Aaree to what 1 Propose T give or Hitatie Gossitic. to lead hie oe ine hyelevio @urvings OF Ap mis rell® queried Rarbare Ban deception.” an inch of your life now, And it I 1 stays till I croak. But yeh better unfolding before her upon this ac- 4° MY word io telt you so et) hid. vere tewachany’ peeear tne aoe eee i atrection the with « wry smile, glandli “How about the note of introduc- Over hear of your speaking to her Delleve me, I'm goin’ to croak a few Cursed vossel. “Go ahead,” said Billy Byrne, or MY P vour ‘aalvativg. For, ban poned to glance in his direction the Te aemre Haitmern. | ooeet ue tion that T carried to your father Soar, Not qs eee the elightest ine SA T goes, #0 if any of you ginks ‘Theriere loaned over the open hatea don't truat nobody w'en T don't hava ieans of your sulvation, | For, be- Frenchman mentally ancribed the douk of the Maltemo nth oom Nali'es | from Mr. Divine?" asked ‘Theriere, GR a et, bullet through you are me friends yeh better keep outen jn full view of the waiting Byrne, but TH be dinged if 1 nee any He nach more quickly with be hy muckers scoming lethargy to the hoon itut all. We have no masts » that he was compelled to go’ quick you won't know what has here #o's yeh won't get jiurted. ready below. There was the Instant way out of it la a itll oaad Wy ae L Bh s4 paralysis of abject gett yet no canvas, fo ta; and ¢hough Lam write it ut nt point of @ revolver,” ginuck you." “An’ anudder ting I'm gonna do report of a firearm and a bullet | Theriere returned to the deck, and, [ an / ‘or “The fellow is in a blue funk, can eee “4 lor, ed close past ‘Thericre’s head... A06lng the skipper, drew him to ong DeTay them in an instant If the op- ehought the aecond mate, "I did nat thoes in litle s.maitor, | ate Tell, yeh will? sneered Billy afore I cashes in—I'm gonna put a wi 10 " < ‘ ye a Tad depen corer cael Lh Det FE portunity presented Itself for him to misjudge him—Like all bis kind, he is landing on the shore Tae wth mes Me, Haed ing, e. “E got your number, yeh big few of dem ginks in de cabin wine t wald the offlvey, “I think that I shall nat * . Theriere. Do not shoc “L en 6 7 win you without their ald. T have @ coward at heart.” ‘boate—1t yer better not get gay wit where dey stands wit’ one anudd It isd, Theriere. Do not shoot again, can get him up peaceably if T tnoy & ai Paka 8 ibaa dae convince you that M. Divine Is pot on ine, ‘Dey ain't no guy on board dix If I don't start somet'ing before | goes 1 wish to speak with you.” Can angure him that he shall wat only him into attempting to take the sue ing een tena wave spon ihe heals mst 4 BOT GAG RU En Cane, pate 's whip dat can hand Billy Byrne out my name's not Billy Byrne!" “No monkey | busincys now,” a day or so in the cooler, with full iy rorve and retire You to Baw Prete aha ecpecredly close upon the me Be Se rouls G6 if Ria eteey to Fee dat Kin’ of auf an’ get away wit it— At this juncture Skipper Simms growled the mucker in reply. rations and no beatings. T think, sn clocg ory hotter etilh, to tie nearedt, Ria Cane, ata’ Kine ‘ona were: tric, Alpen te She and before Th knew appeared with the three Weapons he won't iiss again. that that will be the eusteat way. We Cees! Pott 3 liebe > y+) Miy merous the deck, pee! Therioro tod her diceetly to his own what had happened, a heavy fiat hed gone to his cabin to fach ste 't wish to talk with you, Byrne" cannot spare aman new tt wn wl, cer aman wile: grommet perioe ties tothe ost ve bineding sabia, cautlouing her toeieee NM caught him upon the point of the handed one to Bony Sawyer, another “Im 1 punish the fellow Inter we. can gost this ur hime tolling hin vote hes re etuaneds ee npraised forefinger, Softly: va the chin and lifted him clear off the deck to Red Sanders and a third to @ man down there, always find some pretext.” Feta Fee yeti St Aah UNG Be" WD CV se weouil. unsey. Bien akulking criminals, ¢hey en her to drop him unconscious at Miss by the name of Wilson. you ain't, cul" roturned Very well, Mr. ‘Theriore,” repling lieve that T would Pinar Wonk come’ @ aoet wai ey Mise scmpartment. Then Trecere vasdings teed “Now, my men," sald Skipper Byrne; “leastwaya yeh ain't a comin’ the skipper, “lll leave the Spee the uineart cf even ei ae ened: the Meee ad et ne too UDPINE “Yeh neo wot happens to guys dat Bimms, “we will go below and bring down hers alive.” entirely in Your hands —you ino you the aupmort of aoveral of the | Released, from surveillance, the the bolt nots: lenny an he i 6, + Kets Kay wit me?” guid the mucker to Byrne up. Bring him alive if you 1am, Byrne replied ‘Thor- What you want with the fellow. Ts mon—quite & sufticient nummer, with ; pee ne ae ME ote Bs Barbara watched him, her heart fin" sey ana then stooping over the cen-cbut bring Min. seer Mada ehsteiee ee you as had your face punched” ving ane mnyselts to take Mie Salts, Segme | cat ss ithe ene ton--I wished only PE omy heating rapidly with fear and eus- J ostrate form of the mate Billy | No ono made a move to enter the out it, J am unarmed, You cun ‘The returned Immediately to ™m pn easily from her present of- ne qeeenr te Hate fornv ot the of hope that might lightes ii 4 Lag lit % whispered Therlere, mo- Byrne withdrew a huge revolver from forcastlc. cover me with your revolver until you te, n Which he prom. MCrrm tion, mxie ana near the open cabin fae of apprehension. Ho ee erat ae erth, ar ‘Thericre's hip pocket. “Go on now, move quickly,” com- jaye satisfied yourself as to that I 1 with the erdtwhile re- yy will think over bd DE leat le BH i “However, honestly I do ee oer eo itagcous to know _ “Guess I'll need dia gat in my busl- manded Skipper Simms 4am the only man on the alip who can Hymne. For two days the Mr. Theriere.” replto oe a Had one been watching him he We may find a way to make @ Fe ed i ius to lon ness putry soon,” he remarked. ‘Thought he sald ‘we," remarked nave your life-the only man who latter languished in durance vie, 1 thank you for the generous impulse | tid one pew wee ght thet landing Jf the sea continues te go eee eet round hale near. Then he planted # vicious kick in eno of the sailors. han'reumon to desire to; but we munc #24 that was the and of tha epioda, that haw prompted you to eee Ne eat wea th netiio ag down aa it han in the past two pace Fe eT eg mole meat the face of the unconscious man, and ° Simms, lvid with rage, turned to tuik it over, and wo cannot talk this ‘ough its effects were manifol me. ven knows Rew Badiy Ss nase SO OO) Coen eee ec oe Ave ase not much more than the head of the ber im hs ou . so went his way to the forecastle, search out the offender from the sev- way, where there ina chance that we , Ver one thing tt tmplanted in the & friend now among #0 many en: 8 Sonruaen oo ci Bigeh aa from shore, and with the furvaaat * Byrne's a cowar e thou; ashe “Who was that? " he roa | fairly if you will be fair with me, ie or; so that while here “s ret under Mr. Ward we can work ) Rg ‘Mor a moment she remained in “sappeared below, “Show me the awab! Jes’ show him i I shall return, and tofere his intention of ridding him- The officer had turned his eyer vive sufficiently to return across the ft Harbara Harding stood apeechless to me, I tell you, an’ I'll learn him, Soft than you #elf of the man when he no longer easually toward the southeast as the deck before the next wave awept the comparative safety with wor “ . breeze, which we sh tonse silonce, her ear pressed to te with ghock at the brutality and feroc- Now, you,” ho yelled at the top of his I come,” and without Reeded him was due purely to a mat. «itl spoke, and Just now he had given ship, | It was very Interesting “he fie mtitdtek, “rseee are ane uae Hiny aperture, Then, distinctly. whe jty ‘of the unexpected attack Upon voles, turning again to the men he waiting’ for. can acceptance of his ("Of poliey, It Wag how reinforced 1 sutsen exclamation of wurprine and Wondered what oddn O'Laes heveves Paced (at tae coumeal heard the voice of Skipper Himmy. || hericre. Never in all her life had had ordered into the forecaatie after proposition the xecond officce of the PY A keen dexire for personal revenge, alar A “In another moment the wave would & distance, that do not offer some m a-tellin’ YOu, ine hin’ Clan She dreamed that there could exist willy Byrne, “you cowardly Jand- Halfinoon. si over t The occurrence had al A its Mo neste eae come. Billy glanced at the open cabin foothold for the wrecked mariner, saying, “that there wa'n't nothin’ el86 Ubon the face of the earth a thing in you, get below thera quick the hatchway and disappi influence Barbara Harding, In awered. “We shall have a bad blow, come. Billy g pe to be done, an’ I'm a-gottin’ d ina minute.’ And hatch. ‘That would never do—the and I doubt not but that wo shabl human form so devoid of honor and afore I kick you belo the sight of the watchers above. that it had shown her Mr. Thericre It will be he e 4 “ ' C od cabin would be flooded with tons of find this no exception to the rule.” alck of h itn'eng way'T heen e-rune chivalry and fair play asthe creatdre Sti) no one moved to obey him. ‘mat ho was a brave man oven I Mew eit—one that roftectod with that he started forward on @ Cabin would be flooded with tone of Fit! The ne cxeention te ue, the the tena with Op | that had just threatened a defenseless Prom white he went to red, and thea willy Byrne had to admit, and those CTetlt hea tne hah ht LYycuid better co below at once!” hatch etill open, Billy closed it. riere,” said the girl, and yet I can- an ihn wale ry man rothed out o' e mouth as he tiong existing between the sec . ‘ BI o Onan a peageionypa riere. The man was just recov- leas safe on land than it has besa turned, Lex immsdtatery ay Dine yqhtt iMeR Barbas Harding, Ned jumped tp and down, cursing tho inate andthe maiion who had wy ro. Rerote ah de foe CHAPTER VI. Cringe eongctousness-and the wave upon. the Talguoon, Once free From re ied Bt é men ani reatening. cently felled him, thought that his fs was coming, the restraints of discipline which taa- aithough To inthe Lotus cs you Aud, Take Atrect and Halsted And But all to no avall. They would courage was littlo short of marvel- SMounted to little short of an obses Tempest and Panic. Something stirred within Billy dition, custom and law enforce upon sree ne cn earth are we to ever Tiovess Where MtAnGATs Of MAMIO® not po, lou @a\ vivid. an impression tad his HE storm that struck the Byrne, It gripped him and made him the high seas, there is no ing viturn. to civilization if that boat is narery - Pye a ks equa. “Why, skipper.” spoke up Bony — phoriere's stock went up by leaps hrutality made upon ner that eho Halfmoon took her entirely act quickly, as though by Instinct, to what atrocities these men will com- Jost? Had she been simply damaged pinity’ ate hastened to the head of Sawyer, “it's aure death for any MAN and pounds in the estimation of the would start von deco alumnae unawares. It had spring, do someEnIDg thos Oe Oe ey a Oe Te teat Fire aa aaat . ey could As goes below there, It's easier an’ 0 of the Halfmoon, for de dpeay - " Ae senna ee fi yey 71 . self least of all--would have suspected riere, road a landing Ma HERG D8 OR iin tee. dolor SHE. Pan CHM Den ICR Way, and called varer to starve him out.” grades though they were, they could gimmie thht she wae menaced by Fue anes ouy. Both ee te Gr and Avenue mucker to be ca- dreaded the dangers of the atorm + lent rmit “Starve nothin,” howled Skipper de d and apprec shysleal ie N sa enleaaad: Gar Au one Sees Y pable of doing, through which we have just passed,” Sy Aan have § : in aoe gy 0 Misa One Wad Ronee cn ane ey Simms. “Do you reckon I'm a goin’ Tannen ae this fort To Barbara toilaw i rea} tA Vaaeeene ae AG Pa lookout and the man Ly Nad Across ie deck Theriere was drag “L think you havo litle to fear on is te Ie BRS . q " ere fo "let a 4 sf : 2 Raeonng Dae heel we c th that ging himself painfully to lis hands that score iss Hardin, sald the . was ed to to volv to wit quiet here for a week an’ let a r the man’s act seemed un- ¢ e4 prsKe upon deck, Wheel were dy to take oath wing v ¥ h s i, act have been 80 glad to be Te two worthies were alwayw expecting, f0°O's'le juat because I got a tot o' the consequences of life and death to in dlacuat and. terrors hut what ruc, helé-minute before, Second, Mate "possible feat of crawling back to quite plain that 1 conalder my would h t he could easily have been ” inted out the still form White-Hvered cowards aboard? No, himself that it entalled, She was prised him was that Instond of tha on t ea te cabin hateh, your protector onde we tare united that he coul jPlesgaan gy v4 Barbara pointed ou what si”. You're a-goin’ down after that yuddenly sorry that aho had enter- thrill, of pride. which if ~opai th he Dheriere had come racing forwa: Tho wave wis almost upon Billy, the Halfmoon, and I can count in| Pemhen another thing: you intended faq eecummede nee EA’ would-be bad man an’ fetch him UP tained any auaplcion against Theriora would have fet aC tite coheed’ bellowing for “all handa on deck” and tna moment it would engulf him and geveral of the men to Support nw. to demand a ransom for both Miss “Tt wog the fellow Byrne who afd dead or alive,” and with that he — so brave a man could not beother mont of his toughness, he new felt ordering @ aailor below to report the then rush on across him to tear The- Even Mr, Divine will not dare do riere from the deck and hurl him be- ive, ‘Then we can g#et up @ yond the ship into the tumbling chaos cump of our own apart from Skt wen Simma and his faction, and ere mucker saw all this, and inthe you will be constantly guarded umtil t he launched himself toward succor may be obtained,” , ” d tha three tha od ns 7 : Harding and myself to carry out the 4." ghe wald. "He has gone into the started menacingly towar than the soul of honor, she argued. @ singular resentment against the menacing conditions to Capt. Simms, fictlon of my having been stolen #140, forecastle now, and he haa a revolver Who stood near the hatoh, holding below, Theriere found him- girl for her attitude, so that he came — fefore that officer reached the deck How can you do that if Mr. Harding that he took from Mr. Therlere after thelr firearms safely out of range o: ered by hia own revolver Im to hate her even more than he had heriope had the entire erow aloft be dead? And do you suppose for 2 he had fallen. Billy Byrne below. - the hands of a very desperate and before hated. Formerly he had hy i moment that Miss Harding will lea Several of the crew had now con- . What would happen had Skipper very unprincipled man. Hs smiled ed her for the things she stood for; taking im sail; but though they ° the \ for whom b Barbara < been watch. n single stone bring tho gregated about the prostrate officer. Simms completed | the Se wryly at Byrne as the latter oyed now he hated her for herself. worked with the desperation of ihe man & F hon be hi (ne aoa Tersine Dad | pth) cd guilty to Justi n has be- “Here, you,” cried Skipper Simins Manoeuvre he had nderts him suspiciously a Theriere waa often with her new, doomed men, they were ouly parlally the great Wave. bro inemory of his consideration and re. fallen her father or his guests. If to a couple of them; “you take Mr. ne be kno for .t this n “Look now, my friend Byrne." said and, less frequently, Divine: for at successful in their efforts, crushing them to th ful treatm 80, you do not know her as well a1.” "herlere below to his cabin an’ throw Therlere pushed his way through the Theriere, “it would be foolish forme the second officer's sugueation Rar nt of her during the anit blinding the ryi of he: ‘The girl turned away from the pat- cold water in his face. Mr. Ward, Circle of men who were Interested to gay that I ain doing this for love bara had not nequainted that gentle ky and sea had assumed a HN! bind ¥ Oa ce ecaet tis eis tition, her face white and drawn. get some brandy from my locker an’ Spectators of the impending tragedy. of you, ‘The fact is that 1 need you. man with the fact that she was aware nickly yellowish color, except for the 4 coe {aw of distrust that fea tianeeet She rose to her fect, facing Therlere. try an’ bring him to. ‘The rest of you "What has happened, sir?” he asked We cannot succeed, elther one of of hty duplicity mighty, black cloud that raced to- the Halfmoon to nin, ahaking'the thoughta of hum eartier tm thers oe ive heard quite enough, thank arm yourselves with crowhara and of Simms, “Anything that IT can as- us, alone, [think you were foolis “Tt ts well not to let him know." ward them low over the water, ‘The watery e her back, the two quuintance, while his herole act in dee 'Y di Mr, Therlere he anid, axes an’ see that that son of a sea Sist you with His face was badly when you struck me to-day. You said Theriore “It gives you an ad- low-moaning sound that hid followed men half wcending into the f in "You are convinced, then, that T eook don't get out on deck again bruised, but fortunately the damage know thot our understanding waa tage thet would be wanting should first appearance of the etorm aver the ship's sid omucker clings face of the armed and am your fri "he aske alive, Hold him there till T get a was not serious 7 I should be even more rough Suap the tru Now yv y piaen tow sullea roar tne to him with one hand, the oth@r Ryrne had thrown a glamour m convinced that Mr, Divine is couple of Rune, an’ then we'll ge "Oh!" exclaimed the skipper. ‘Bo t a othan usual, i der tu % position ta be w of a sudden, the (hing struck chitehing desperately at a huge eleat mance about him that eould not committally. him, 4 him! you ain't dead, after all, eh? Well, avert suspicion should we be caught tin fl Haitine yultue Der remaining the qunwale but tend to fascinate @ girl of turned to the upper = Skipper Simms hastened below that don't c! Ke the iooks of things eaking together. TE had an oppor he m. Tell Y what cunvas from heras though it had been Ty rne dragked the mate to the deck bara Marding’a type. ‘Tberlere raised bis cap while two of the men were carrying @ mite. We gotta get that man outa tuuity to abuse you to-day, and I he tells vou ot his plane ‘and in this wrought from tasue paper, and with and than slowly and with infininedit- (ta Bp ‘ \